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Disney recently turned the screws on Netflix by pulling its content and unveiling a streaming service of its own, but now the tables have turned. Netflix revealed that it has signed Shonda Rhimes away from Disney-owned ABC to a multiyear production deal. Rhimes and her production company, Shondaland, will move from their ABC Studios base […]
Published time: 6 Aug, 2017 18:31 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said defendants in the trials linked to last year’s failed coup as well as terrorism suspects will now have to wear a standard brownish prison uniform, following controversy in which an accused soldier wore a t-shirt saying ‘hero’ in court. The ‘hero’ T-shirt […]
Published time: 20 Jul, 2017 17:07 Edited time: 20 Jul, 2017 17:07 A Saturday Night Live writer has been responding to President Donald Trump’s tweets as if they were text messages, prompting a few chuckles among the online community. “Proud to unveil my new, incredibly stupid project: Responding to Trump Tweets Like They Were Texts,” […]
Tens of thousands of people have descended on the streets of Turkey’s largest city Istanbul, celebrating victory and commemorating the victims of last year’s botched coup attempt which triggered a massive opposition crackdown across the country. People marched towards Bosporus Bridge where a tense standoff between rogue military personnel and supporters of president Recep Tayyip […]
Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir ISTANBUL (AP) — A year ago Saturday, a group of Turkish soldiers using tanks, warplanes and helicopters launched a plot to overthrow Turkey’s president and government. The coup attempt failed, but the fallout continues a year later. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan swiftly blamed his one-time ally, U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is […]
The US Secretary of State has lauded the courage of the Turkish people who defended their country and democracy during last year’s military coup attempt, which Ankara pinned on the followers of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. “Nearly a year ago, the Turkish people – brave men and women – stood up against coup plotters and […]
New Thunderbirds recruit Leana de Bruin, playing for New Zealand, defends Australia’s Catherine Cox in 2012. Picture: Sandra Mu (Getty Images) Warren PartlandThe Advertiser Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Email a friend FORMER South African and New Zealand champion Leana de Bruin has been lured to Adelaide […]
Published time: 7 Jul, 2017 11:15 Prime Minister Theresa May risks being overthrown by members of her own party amid reports a coup is being planned for later this year. According to the Sun, a government source said junior ministers are growing increasingly concerned that May, who has been described as a “horse with a […]
Turkish government officials are bickering with the US embassy in Ankara over an investigation into two suspects accused of conducting an unlawful search of Turkish intelligence trucks illegally shipping weapons to Syria. Istanbul’s chief public prosecutor says his office sent a letter to the US embassy, requesting information about Bayram Andac and Muharrem Gozukucuk, two […]
AP Photo/Saris Declassified documents released last week shed light on the Central Intelligence Agency’s central role in the 1953 coup that brought down Iranian Prime Minister Muhammad Mossadegh, fueling a surge of nationalism which culminated in the 1979 Iranian Revolution and poisoning U.S.-Iran relations into the 21st century. The approximately 1,000 pages of documents also […]
